In My Day, Teachers Had More Restraint. They Didn't Sleep with Students. Okay, the Drama Teacher Did, but with Drama Teachers, That's Expected

Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to former Brighton Charter School teacher Carrie McCandless, who is accused of having sexual contact with a teenaged student on a field trip. . . .

But Michael Trani, McCandless' attorney, asked judge James Hiatt to postpone the hearing so that he and McCandless could have time to consider the offer. . . .

Pierson declined to comment on the details of the plea offer following the hearing, and Trani left without offering comment.

McCandless, 30, is a former social studies teacher at Brighton Charter School. In late October she chaperoned an overnight field trip to the YMCA of the Rockies retreat in Estes Park. . . .

The student told police that he and McCandless drank, kissed and fondled one another at a cabin at the retreat, according to McCandless' arrest affidavit. The student said the two also "made out" once in the parking lot of a Sam's Club, the affidavit states.

According to McCandless, she became high on Sam's Club's super low prices and more than a little turned on by the bulk packaging. (It was the Phallus Pack of Brawny paper towels that did it. Isn't it always?) When the student offered to "push her cart" out to her mini-van, she took that to mean he wanted to help her sublimate her price lust. Before she knew it, they were playing Swipe the Price Card in her back seat.

So, for god's sake, be careful when you shop. Dont' let Sam's Club get you, too.

And you thought romance was dead. Shame on you.